Our Daily Bread - (Cultural Studies of the United States) by Geoff Mann (Paperback)
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Highlights
- A wage is more than a simple fee in exchange for labor, argues Geoff Mann.
- Author(s): Geoff Mann
- 264 Pages
- History, United States
- Series Name: Cultural Studies of the United States
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About the Book
Our Daily Bread: Wages, Workers, and the Political Economy of the American WestBook Synopsis
A wage is more than a simple fee in exchange for labor, argues Geoff Mann. Beyond being a quantitative reflection of productivity or bargaining power, a wage is a political arena in which working people's identity, culture, and politics are negotiated and developed. In Our Daily Bread, Mann examines struggles over wages to reveal ways in which the wage becomes a critical component in the making of social hierarchies of race, gender, and citizenship.Combining a fresh analysis of radical political economy with a critical assessment of the role of white men in North American labor politics, Mann addresses the issue of class politics and places the problem of "interests" squarely at the center of political economy. Rejecting the idea that interests are self-evident or unproblematic, Mann argues that workers' interests, and thus wage politics, are the product of the ongoing effort by wage workers to focus on quality in a socioeconomic system that relentlessly quantifies. Taking three wage disputes in the natural resources industry as his case studies, Mann demonstrates that wage negotiation is not simply emblematic of economic conflict over the distribution of income but also represents critical contests in the cultural politics of identity under capitalism.
Review Quotes
"[An] important book." -- Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
"Should prove of interest not only to economists, economic geographers, and labor historians, but also to those engaged in, for instance, cultural studies and political theory." -- Environment and Planning
Dimensions (Overall): 9.2 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .85 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 264
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Series Title: Cultural Studies of the United States
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Theme: State & Local, West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Format: Paperback
Author: Geoff Mann
Language: English
Street Date: September 3, 2007
TCIN: 94487572
UPC: 9780807858318
Item Number (DPCI): 247-02-8591
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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